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HMS Trouncer (D85)
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HMS Trouncer alongside a pier at Portland, Oregon on 9 February
1944, soon after completion. Commissioned for a few days as USS Perdido (CVE-47), this
ship was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease at the end of January 1944 and thereafter
served in the Royal Navy.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives (#19-N-61366). |
Naval History & Heritage Command, via Robert Hurst |
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Undated, starboard side view. |
IWM |
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Helping hands assist women survivors from the SS Empire Patrol on
board HMS Trouncer (D85) on 29 September 1945. The ship caught fire while repatriating
567 Greek refugees from Abyssinia to East Africa.
Source: Imperial War Museum Admiralty Official Collection,
Photo No. © IWM(A 30733). |
Mike Green |
Commercial Service
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Ex-HMS Trouncer as Benrinnes. This picture was
taken from the ST London Valour in 1966 as she passed us about 100 miles into the Bay of Biscay
heading approximately SSW. |
©David Meare,
formerly Radio Officer, British Merchant Navy |
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Ben Line Benrinnes discharging cargo from the Far
East. Bremerhaven, September 1971. Note: During the rebuilding process after WW II, this vessel had
been fitted with a slightly modified superstructure that was originally destined for a Liberty
Ship. |
Photos by Gerhard Mueller-Debus |
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Ex-HMS Trouncer as Benrinnes, Bremerhaven, July 1972. |
Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus |
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